Letter of the month: March 2001

i am sure you all get this question on a regular basis, but i am a
bit worried that my father is taking part in becoming an active
free-mason, seeing all the rumors out there in regards to the
free-masons being linked with satanic cults and rituals.

obviously i can expect an answer falling along the lines of "we're
not tied in with those types of rituals", but understand that i am very
concerned for my father. could you please send me some information
regarding freemasonry and what you all believe in?

thank you.

-bensheffield-

"have i not commanded thee? be strong, and of a good courage. be
not afraid, neither be thou dismayed, for the Lord thy God is with thee
whithersoever thou goest." -joshua 1:9-

I understand your concern. If you return to my web-site, you will
see that I have posted more than 25Mb of information about Masonry,
including many essays on What is Masonry and
what we believe, as well as pointers to an excellent site about
"anti-Masons" and why they say the things we do.

There is absolutely nothing "satanic" about Masonry, and those that
say otherwise are usually selling something (or just occasionally
certifiably and literally insane).

The biggest problem in Masonry is the number of lodges that don't
teach their own candidates enough about what Masonry is, so
that many new Masons don't know what to tell their families except "it's
all secret" -- which it isn't.

I hope you'll take a good look at the info on the web-site. You
should be proud that your father is a Mason, and you should ask
him about it, and if he doesn't know all that much, then he should ask
more questions in lodge and take a look around this web-site himself.